Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 10, 2024, SurgePays, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), announced that it had signed a Master Services Agreement (the "MSA") with TerraCom, Inc. ("TerraCom"), a wireless service provider and licensed Lifeline Program (the "Program") provider under the Federal Communications Commission, effective October 3, 2024. Pursuant to the MSA, the Company will act as a contractor to TerraCom for the identification and enrollment of potential customers who may be eligible for telecommunications and internet services offered under the Program. The Company in return for these services shall receive from TerraCom the actual revenue received by TerraCom on behalf of the enrolled customers, less a monthly transaction fee.

Additionally, as contemplated by the MSA, the Company and TerraCom are negotiating a stock purchase agreement (the "Agreement"), under which the Company intends to purchase a majority holding in TerraCom. As part of the ongoing negotiations for the Agreement, the Company has placed $1 million in an escrow account as partial consideration for the payment of TerraCom shares pursuant to the potential Agreement, which will be returned to the Company if the Agreement is not entered into and closed by the timing as set forth in MSA.

The MSA will have an initial term of 90 days from October 3, 2024, and may be extended by mutual agreement of the Company and TerraCom. In the event the MSA terminates without renewal or for-cause after the expiration of the Term, the Company and TerraCom will service the customers per the terms of the MSA, with the ability for the Company to work to move up to 50% of subscribed customers to an alternative Program provider. For any such customers who continue to be serviced by the Company for subscription in the Program with TerraCom, the Company will be entitled to receive reimbursement for the wireless service costs and top-up revenue with respect to such customers.

The MSA contains customary terms, conditions, and agreements by the Company, indemnification obligations of the Company, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions. A copy of the MSA is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the terms of the MSA is qualified in its entirety by such exhibit.

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